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Greetings all!! Welcome to the very first BTC blog site (for me anyway). So many things to say and now what better place to share it.
I was somewhat at odds in terms of what to blog about for the VERY FIRST.....So I decided to start with the most recent news that appeared to be, at least to me, globally distressing. The Troy Davis case called into question our morals, ethics, and where we stand exactly in terms of racism as Americans. Troy Anthony Davis was an African American man convicted of and executed for the August 19, 1989, murder of police officer Mark MacPhail in Savannah, Georgia. While no physical evidence has been recovered, several individuals claimed to have been witnesses to the alleged murder. Simply on the strength of these testimonies Davis was found guilty on August 28th, 1991 of murder along with other offenses. As if the lack of evidence wasn't enough to send the globe into frenzy, several of the "irrefutable" testimonies that condemned this man to death, were either destroyed during cross examination or completely inadmissible due to the fact that most of it was "forced on [the witnesses] by the police". This horrible distortion of justice did nothing short of rallying thousands of "Troy soldiers" as I like to call them across the nation. People of all walks of life felt threatened by the injustice our "great" legal system dealt Mr. Davis; a Black man accused of killing a White officer. All those who sat up with CNN until they announced his death were dealt a devastating blow, which left us all to wonder, what kind of world are we living in when we are truly guilty until proven innocent? The youth of America are being brought up in a society where we can't even rely on our legal system to discern right from wrong. As Christians we can only pray that out of his death, much of us sleeping Americans will wake up to the monstrosity that is in control of our nation..... "To what land has the stain of lethargy been of benefit? Only those prepared to raise their voice against oppression will prevail." - unknown
When will we get it, matter of fact when will America get that this court system that we have just does not cut it. Since when is it just to kill a man with little to no evidence? And my question is what if it's true that he did not kill that officer, what would the courts systems do? also my thought on being executed in general is that no court system is allowed the power and right to kill another human being. That job alone is for the wrath of GOD and no one else. Yes we as human beings should PRAY, not only christians. GOD needs to hear everyone.
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